Memories from the Archives – March 2000
Rows and disputes at Fermoy Urban District Council (UDC) meetings were a regular occurrence, but this time 21 years ago it was between the...
Memories From The Archives – June 1997
A Glenville man had to undergo surgery at a Cork hospital, ‘following a vicious assault by two armed men in the early hours of...
Memories from the Archives – November 2000
In pre-smartphone era November 2000, the front page of The Avondhu carried an ad from Cavanagh’s for a Ghettoblaster for £69, and a Camcorder...
Memories from the Archives – September 1996
The owner of a terrier dog, which had been missing for ten days, received the shock of his life when he found his pet...
Memories From The Archives – January 1996
A FAS employee from Mitchelstown hit out strongly against the fact that he once again had to resign himself to signing on the dole,...
Memories from the Archives – September 2001
The front page of The Avondhu on 20th September, 2001 featured coverage of how the region showed its ‘solidarity with the American people’ following...
Memories From The Archives – July 1997
‘A very unusual incident’ in July 1997 saw Ballylanders man, Patrick Dalton have a ‘miraculous escape... when a freak flash of lightning struck a...
Memories from the Archives – May 2000
It was a narrow escape for 73 year old Catherine Sheehan of Corrin, Fermoy, after a forty-foot articulated lorry ploughed into the front garden...
Memories from the Archives – October 2000
A historic step was taken for Mitchelstown Credit Union, as the contracts for the building of the new premises at the site on Upper...
Memories from the Archives – August 2001
One front page of The Avondhu in August 2001 told of how 25,000 made their way to Mitchelstown for the music festival, cementing its...